{"id":1532,"date":"2026-07-20T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:07:12","slug":"sleep-tight-tape-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/sleep-tight-tape-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep tight, tape right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Charis Torrance<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From skincare to sleep hacks, TikTok is a breeding ground for trends and one of the latest to gain traction is mouth taping. But can sticking your lips shut at night really help you sleep better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMouth taping is using a plaster tape such as micropore and placing it either from nose to chin or across the mouth to prevent the mouth opening during the night,\u201d explains Dr Alison Bentley, sleep disorder specialist at Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic. The goal? To encourage nasal breathing, which is how our bodies are meant to function during rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are not designed to breathe through our mouth,\u201d she says. \u201cThe nose is designed to clean the air, hairs for big bugs and mucous for little bugs, as well as warm and wet the air so that it is perfect to go down into the lungs.\u201d Mouth breathing, on the other hand, \u201cmeans you\u2019re breathing in all the dirt as well as drying out the mouth and throat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People often breathe through their mouths at night if their noses are blocked \u2013 from allergies, a deviated septum, or enlarged adenoids and tonsils or simply because the jaw relaxes when lying on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But does taping really improve sleep? \u201cThere is evidence that it can work in more than half of people with snoring and mild apnoea,\u201d says Dr Bentley. \u201cThe improved sleep quality is usually because you make it easier to breathe when mouth taping. Taping the mouth makes the jaw more stable and it doesn\u2019t flop back. That movement of the jaw can cause snoring and apnoea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re keen to try it, Dr Bentley advises checking that you can breathe easily through your nose first. \u201cIf not \u2013 get that fixed.\u201d Then, try a couple of strips of micropore tape vertically from your nose down towards your chin. \u201cCheck that it works before buying anything more expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not into tape? Chin straps and snore guards are other options, but ultimately, \u201cmake sure your nose is as open as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From skincare to sleep hacks, TikTok is a breeding ground for trends and one of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evah-online.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}